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Merav Shinn Ben-Alon

קורות חיים בעברית

Education

2009-2013   M.A. (with honors), The Interdisciplinary Program in the Arts,

                      The Yolanda and David Katz Faculty of the Arts, Tel Aviv University

1990-1991    The New York Studio School, NYC

1986-1990    B.F.A. (with honors), Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

Solo & Collaborations

2023         It's Hard To Forget A Name Like That, Alfred Gallery, Tel Aviv

2023         In Recent Months, Hamiffal Gallery, Jerusalem                
2022         The Ever Changing Past, Solo Show, Art Gallery Givat Haim Ihud

2019         Zusammen,Project, Merav Shinn Ben-Alon & Janine Gerber ,Minshar Gallery, Tel Aviv

2018         Zusammen//Together, Merav Shinn Ben-Alon & Janine Gerber ,Gallery K70, Lubeck Germany

2015         Five Walls, Ha' kibbutz - Israeli Art Gallery, Tel-Aviv

2008        The Red Time,  Gallery 10 at Beit- Michal, Rehovot

2005        Home, The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel-Aviv

2003        Collaborators  with Ram Samocha at the Museum of Art, Ein Harod 

                 Good Night  Sleep Well, Nachshon Gallery, Kibbutz Nachshon             

2002         Stories in the Hallway ( installation & performance) The Gallery at Tmuna Theatre , Tel-Aviv

1999         Between the Studio and Someplace Else, Dafna Na’or Contemporary Art, Jerusalem

1997         On the Floor ( painting installation)  Office in Tel-Aviv Gallery, Tel-Aviv

1996         Solo Exhibition, The Borochov Gallery, Tel-Aviv, Curator; Ilana Tenenbaum (Cat.)

1993         Nidbach Program, The Jerusa;em Artists’ House, Jerusalem, Curator; Yitzhak Livneh

1992         The Undated and the Next of 1991, The studio on 22nd Leroy St, NYC

 

Selected Group Exhibitions 

2023         Rishumon, 51 Gallery, Modiin

2021         Karola's Dolls, ZUZU Gallery, Emek Hefer​

                 Wide Load,  The Gallery for Israeli Art at The Tivon Memorial center, Tivon 

                 The secret of Reduction, The Artists' House, Tel-Aviv 

2019         Transparent, Xpon-Art Gallery, Hamburg​

2018         Syntax Error, Lewisham Arthouse, London

                 Photopoetics #8, Musrara School of Art Galleries, Jerusalem

                 From The Artist's Diary, Hermann Struck Museum, Haifa    

2017         Red, Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

                 Water, Heart Face, Curatort: Avital Naor Wexler, The Jerusalem Biennale 2017

                   Full Wagon, Curators: Neta Haber & Ayelet Herzwolf, The Art Space at Beit Hankin, Kfar Yehoshua

2016          NordArt International Art Exhibition,Israeli Pavilion, Büdelsdorf, Germany

                   Wire(less) Connections, The Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

                   Being is Parting, Hanina Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv               

2015           The Exhibition of 'The International Symposium Mark Rothko 2015” , Daugavpils, Latvia

                   And The Winners Are, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv

2013           The Ready Made Centennial, Haifa Museum of Art, Curator: Ruti Direktor

2012           Teachers,  the Trump Foundation in collaboration with Musrara, The Naggar  School of  Photography,

                   Media & New Music, at Peila, Amiad Center, Jaffa  

2011           Curators & Co., Petach-Tikva Museum of Art, Curator: Revital Ben-Asher Peretz

2010          Spacing, Wizo Gallery, The NB Haifa School of Design, Haifa

                   And You Have Nothing That Has No Place, The Artists’ House, Tel Aviv (Cat.)

2007          See Not / Fear Not , Umm el Fahem Gallery, Umm el Fahem, Curator; Moran Shoub

2006         The Winners,  Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport award Winners in Art and Design,

                   The Israel Museum, Jerusalem (Cat.)       

2003          Art of the Land // Art Festival at Reading Power Station, Tel Aviv, Curator: Ruti Direktor

2001          Hands, The Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

2000         Magazine Camp 2000 ,Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 

1999          Brief Moment, Limbus Gallery, Tel-Aviv

1996           The Loaded Part of the Sign I II III, Ami Steinitz Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv

                   37 Danish & Foreign Artists Collaborate, Zenit Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark (Cat.)

1994           Painting Above and Beyond, The Museum Of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan, Curator: Dr. Aim Deuelle Lusky (Cat.)

                   Flags,  Omanut La'am, The Visual Arts Department, Ashdod Museum of Art, Ashdod (Cat.)

1993           Collectors’ Show, The Century Association, NYC

1992           Small Works, 16th Annual Competition Exhibition,  80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC

1989           Sharett Scholarship for Young Israeli Artists, Grant Winners Exhibition, Tel-Aviv Museum of Art

Awards & Residencies

2021           Support for publication of the artist book / graphic novelIla 'Venice' from The Israel

                   Lottery Council for Culture & Arts  

                   KuBa: Kulturbahnhof, Artist-in-Residence program, Klein Warnow, Germany

2019           support for publication of the artist book/ graphic novelIla 'Five Legs' from the  Foundation

                   for Independent Artists Established by the Ministry of Culture and sport,

2018           Support for publication of the artist book / graphic novelIla 'Five Legs' from The Israel

                   Lottery Council for Culture & Arts  

                   Exhibition support, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel-Aviv-Yafo  Municipality

                   and the Yehoshua Rabinovich. Foundation for the Arts, Tel-Aviv    

2016          Study trip to Warsaw Gallery Weekend, invitation of The Polish Institute Tel-Aviv      

2015           Artist Residency Program, “Mark Rothko 2015” International Painting Symposium,

                   Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils Latvia 

                   Artist Residency Program, Art & Architecture Arad, Arad

2014           Creativity Encouragement Award, The Ministry of Culture and Sport, israel 

                   Exhibition support, The Arts Department, Culture Division of Tel-Aviv-Yafo  Municipality

                   and the Yehoshua Rabinovich. Foundation for the Arts, Tel-Aviv

2013           Studio space scholarship at The Tel-Aviv Artist's Studios, Tel-Aviv

2005          Creativity Encouragement Award, The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Israel

2003          Catalog Publication Support, The Yehoshua Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts, Tel Aviv

1990          Marie Fisher Prize for Painting, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem        

1989          America-Israel Cultural Foundation Prize, Sharett Scholarship for Young Israeli Artists

1988          Award for Academic Excellence, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem

 

Selected Collections

The Collection of the Israel Museum

The Collection of the The Mark Rothko Art Centre, Daugavpils, Latvia

The Collection of the Museum of Art, Ein Harod

The Phoenix's Israeli Art Collection

The Schocken Art Collection

The Comme il Faut Art Collection

Private Collections 

 

Publications & Writings

2020          Five Legs Artist Book,/ Graphic Novella

2015           dBook, Artist Book, Drawings 2013-2014

2012-13      Follow-Ups [a series of interviews with artists and curators] Erev Rav // Online Arts Magazine

2005          Passage Installations Project Cat. [writer and editor], The Art Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv

2003          Collaborators Merav Shinn Ben-Alon and Ram Samocha, the Museum of Art, Ein Harod

2001          Helicon, Journal of Contemporary Poetry, Private Territory issue, Stitches Series

 

Curatorial Projects

2011           Given, curator-artist with Galia Gur Zeev] // Curators & Co., Petach Tikva Museum of Art (Cat.)

2009          Story [group exhibition], P8 Gallery, Jaffa

2003-6      Passage Installations Project, Curator of the Art Gallery at Tmuna Theatre, Tel Aviv (Cat.)

2003          Collaborators [with Ram Samocha], The Museum of Art, Ein Harod (Cat.)

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